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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

ANTHONY J. JAMESON, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

TILTING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part-of' Letters Patent No. 646,665, dated April3, 1900.

Application filed October 22. 1898. Serial No. 694,311. (No model.)

To all whom t 11o/ay concern. l

Be it known that I, ANTHONY J. JAMESON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bryan, in the county of Williams and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Tilting Table, of. which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in tilting tables.

One object of the present invention is toimprove the construction oftilting tables and to provide asimple, inexpensive, and durable onehaving a series of leaves adapted to be readily arranged in the sainehorizontal plane to serve the purposes of an ordinaryT table and capableof adjustment to arrange them in different horizontal planes or at anyinclination to provide a series of shelves or supports.

Another object of the invention is to provide a table of this. characterin which the leaves may be arranged iu the same vertical plane forcompactness, sov that the table may be stored in a comparatively-smallspace.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims'hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a tilting tableconstructed in accordance with this invention, the leaves being arrangedto form aninclined series of horizontal shelves. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation,'the leaves being arranged in the same horizontal plane. Fig.3 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view, the leaves being arranged to form a vertical series ofhorizontal shelves, in full lines, and in the same vertical plane indotted lines. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of the table,showing the leaves arranged at an inclination.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a supporting base or stand comprising vertical standards orlegs 2 and horizontal bottom pieces 3, which are connected by atransverse rod-1 and preferably supported by L-shaped plates or knees 5;but

the parts may be secured together in any other suitable man ner.

The standards, which are provided at their tops with parallel horizontalarms or laterally-projecting rests 6, are supported byoppositely-disposed inclined bracing-rods 7, crossing each other at thecenter of the stand and having their terminals se- ,cured to thestandards, near the top and bottom thereof.'

The arms 6, which are disposed longitudinally of the table, arepivotally connected by bolts 8 or other suitable fastening devices tothe central one of a series of leaves 9, which are connectedby parallelrods or bars 10 and ll. The central leaf 9, which is adapted to restflat .upon the arms 6 of the stand, is provided With transverse cleatsor pieces 12, which are perforated for the reception of the pivot-bolt8. The rods or 'bars l0 and 11, which are located at each side of thetable, are pivoted, respectively, to the ends of the leaves, near thefront edges thereof, at 14 and to depending arms l5, .extending downwardfrom'the leaves, at points between the front and rear edges thereof.These arms 15, which are connected with the rods or barsll by pivots 16,are preferably formed integral with plates Y 17, whichare secured to theend edges of the leaves. The distance between the Vpivots 14 and 1G isequal to the width of the leaves,

which are adapted to be arranged in the same horizontal plane, withtheir front and rear edges contiguous to each other to form a continuousfiat top for the table, as illustrated in Fig. V2 of the accompanyingdrawings. The series o-f leaves Yis adapted to swing on the pivots S toarrange it in a horizontal or vertical position or at any desiredinclination, andthe parallel bars lO and l1 permit the individual leavesto be simultaneously turned to arrange them in a horizontal position orat an inclination or in the saine vertical plane as illustrated in thedrawings. The leaves are supported by diagonally-disposed bracingrods1S, crossing each other at the center of the series and having theirterminals hinged to perforated ears or arms of plates20, securedto thelower faces of the end leaves of the series.

In order to secure the series of leaves and the individual leaves at thedesired adjustment, slotted links 2l and 22 are employed and arearranged in pairs at opposite sides of the stand, as clearly illustratedin Fig. l of the accompanying drawings. The slotted links 2l, which arelocated outside the stand, are pivoted at 23 to the bars ll and receivea transverse rod 24 in their slots. The rod 24, which connects the upperends of the standards, passes through perforations of the same and isprovided at one end with a head 25 and at the other end with a nut 26,which engages suitable threads of the rod. Collars or washers 27 areinterposed between the slotted links and the standards, and a sleeve 28is disposed on the rod between the standards to space the same andprevent them from being forced inward by the application of pressure onthe links 2l.

The slotted links 22 are pivoted at their upper ends at 29 to thetransverse cleats of the central leaf and are engaged by thumbnuts 30,mounted on threaded stems 31, extending inward horizontally from thearms 6; but clamping-screws or other devices may be employed forsecuring the links in their adjustment.

The invention has the following advantages: The table, which is simpleand comparatively inexpensive in construction, is strong and durable,and the series of leaves, which are adapted to be arranged in the samehorizontal plane with their edges contiguous to one another for forminga continuous table-top, are also capable of being arranged with theindividual leaves in different horizontal planes orin a verticalposition. I'Vhen the series of horizontal leaves are adjusted at thedesired inclination or arranged in a vertical series to form shelves,they may be readily secured at the desired adjustment.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction mayhe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

lVhat is claimed isl. A supporting-base comprising standards withparallel horizontal rests at their upper ends projecting laterally toone side thereof, in combination with a central leaf pivoted to theprojecting ends of said rests and adapted to bear ilatwise upon theupper sides thereof, other leaves on opposite sides of the central leaf,parallel bars disconnected from the standards and pivotally connected toall the leaves to preserve their parallelism under any adjustment, andmeans for adjusting the shelves and holding them fixed.

2. Asupporting-basecomprisingstandards with parallel horizontal rests attheir upper ends projecting laterally to one side thereof,

in combination with a central leaf pivoted to the projecting ends ofsaid rests and adapted to bear iiatwise upon the upper sides thereof,and also capable of being swung upward from partially around theprojecting the rests and ends thereof until it assumes a verticalposition, other leaves on opposite sides of the central leaf, parallelbars disconnected from the standards and pivotally connected to all theleaves to preserve their parallelism under any adjustment, and means foradjusting the shelves and holding them fixed.

3. A supporting-base comprising standards with parallel horizontal restsat their upper ends projecting laterally to one side thereof, incombination with a central leaf pivoted to the projecting ends of saidrests and adapted 1 to bear iiatwise upon the upper sides thereof, otherleaves on opposite sides of the central leaf, rigid pendent arms on t-heends of the shelves at one side of the center thereof, parallel barsdisconnected from the standards and pivotally connected, one setdirectly to the leaves and the other set to said pendent arms thereon,and means for adjusting the shelves and holding them fixed.

4. A supporting-base comprising standards with parallel horizontal restsat their upper ends projecting laterally to one side thereof, incombination with a central leaf pivoted to the projecting ends of saidrests and adapted to bear atwise upon the upper sides thereof, otherleaves on opposite sides of the central leaf, parallel bars disconnectedfrom the standards and pivotally connected to all the leaves, a slottedlink connected to the central leaf, and means passing through said linkand engaging one of the standards for clamping the link in fixedrelation to the standards, whereby the pitch or inclination of theshelves may be maintained under all adjustments or movements of saidshelves, substantially as described.

5. Asupporting-base comprising standards with parallel horizontal restsat their upper ends projecting laterally to one side thereof, incombination with a central leaf pivoted to the projecting ends of saidrests and adapted to bear ilatwise upon the upper sides thereof, otherleaves on opposite sides of the central leaf, parallel bars disconnectedfrom the standards and pivotally connected to all the leaves, slottedlinks pivotally connected to oneV of said bars and arranged outside ofthe planes of the standards, a rod ,connecting the upper ends of thestandards and passing through said links, a head on one end of the rodand a nut on the opposite end, whereby the slotted links may be clampedin rigid relation to the standards, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflxedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY J. JAMESON. lVitnesses:

JOHN W. NELSON, CHAs. M. MILLER.

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